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Explaining contextual influences on the dynamics of public management reforms: reflections on some ways forward
No full textAs summed up by Christopher Pollitt in a co-authored paper based on a wide analysis of both academic and grey literature on the impact of (new public management [NPM]-type) public management reforms in Europe, the development of scholarly knowledge about the understanding of contextual influences on the dynamics of public management reforms has led to the recognition that certain ‘factors’, properly positioned along time and scale dimensions, exert an influence in a certain direction (facilitate vs. prevent) on certain contents of public management reform (Pollitt and Dan, 2011, pp. 35–47). This state of the art leaves the question ‘how can we then move forward and better qualify causal patterns?’ yet to be fully addressed, as it does for related questions such as ‘how can we bridge the stream of research on public management reform trajectories in different countries2 (which is by definition at a ‘macro’ level of analysis3) with strands of research in public management which aim at comprehending causes and effects in public management by uncovering what happens at more ‘micro’ a level (for example, the stream of research on Public Service Motivation [PSM] – see Perry and Hondeghem, 2008 and Vandenabeele and Hondeghem, 2008 – focused on the motivational structure of individuals working for the public sector)?’
Turnwald_OpenPracticesDisclosure_rev – Supplemental material for Increasing Vegetable Intake by Emphasizing Tasty and Enjoyable Attributes: A Randomized Controlled Multisite Intervention for Taste-Focused Labeling
No full textSupplemental material, Turnwald_OpenPracticesDisclosure_rev for Increasing Vegetable Intake by Emphasizing Tasty and Enjoyable Attributes: A Randomized Controlled Multisite Intervention for Taste-Focused Labeling by Bradley P. Turnwald, Jaclyn D. Bertoldo, Margaret A. Perry, Peggy Policastro, Maureen Timmons, Christopher Bosso, Priscilla Connors, Robert T. Valgenti, Lindsey Pine, Ghislaine Challamel, Christopher D. Gardner and Alia J. Crum in Psychological Science</p
Turnwald_Supplemental_Material_new – Supplemental material for Increasing Vegetable Intake by Emphasizing Tasty and Enjoyable Attributes: A Randomized Controlled Multisite Intervention for Taste-Focused Labeling
No full textSupplemental material, Turnwald_Supplemental_Material_new for Increasing Vegetable Intake by Emphasizing Tasty and Enjoyable Attributes: A Randomized Controlled Multisite Intervention for Taste-Focused Labeling by Bradley P. Turnwald, Jaclyn D. Bertoldo, Margaret A. Perry, Peggy Policastro, Maureen Timmons, Christopher Bosso, Priscilla Connors, Robert T. Valgenti, Lindsey Pine, Ghislaine Challamel, Christopher D. Gardner and Alia J. Crum in Psychological Science</p
People, C. J. Arthur family
No full textArthur family, from left: ?, Jetta Bulloch, Christopher Jones, Ann Elizabeth Perry, ?, Caroline, Marian
ABC50 mutants modify translation start codon selection
No full textABC50 (also known as ABCF1) binds to eukaryotic initiation factor eIF2 and is required for efficient translation initiation. An essential step of this process is accurate recognition and selection of the initiation codon. It is widely accepted that the presence and movement of eIF1, eIF1A and eIF5 are key factors in modulating the stringency of start site selection, which normally requires an AUG in an appropriate sequence context. Here we show that expression of ABC50 mutants, which cannot hydrolyse ATP, decreases general translation and relaxes the discrimination against the use of non-AUG codons at translation start sites. These mutants do not appear to alter the association of key initiation factors to 40S subunits. The stringency of start site selection can be restored through overexpression of eIF1, consistent with the role of that factor in enhancing stringency. This study indicates that interfering with the function of ABC50 influences the accuracy of initiation codon selectio
The State v. Perry: Comparative Newspaper Coverage of South Carolina\u27s Most Prominent Civil Rights Lawyer
No full textThis study analyzes news coverage of civil rights lawyer Matthew J. Perry Jr. by the South Carolina\u27s largest newspaper, the (Columbia, SC) State at three points in his career as a lawyer, political candidate, and federal judge. At each point, Perry\u27s legal and political work in the African American freedom struggle challenged the boundaries of the socially and politically legitimate in South Carolina and the Deep South. Perry negotiated the way forward with white officials. He helped African Americans achieve access to education, political office, and the administration of justice, and in the process helped reshape the racial caste system in the state. His efforts helped change dominant white supremacist notions of black achievement from being unacceptable to acceptable, and along the way, he himself moved from being a controversial figure to a consensus figure. Perry\u27s political and social commitments remained the same, as did those of the African American freedom movement in South Carolina, but white society changed in response to the demands and persuasions of the movement, and Perry was a key actor in this movement. The State\u27s coverage of Perry\u27s legal and political career from the early 1960s through the end of the 1970s demonstrates this change
Psychometric Properties of the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales-Self-Report-30 (DMRS-SR-30): Internal Consistency, Validity and Factor Structure
No full textAssessment of defense mechanisms has a longstanding history within the clinical psychology and psychopathology literature. Despite their centrality to clinical practice, there are few self-report measures that assess defenses and, those that do exist, have limitations in addressing individual defenses and levels of defensive functioning. To address this need, we investigated the psychometric properties of the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scale - Self-Report - 30 item (DMRS-SR-30) with a global, community sample of 1,539 participants who responded to an online survey about distress and coping. Exploratory factor analysis found a three-factor model for the DMRS-SR-30 - mature, mental inhibition and avoidance, and immature-depressive. Internal consistency was high for the Overall Defensive Functioning (ODF) and the three extracted factors with coefficient alphas ranging from .75 to .90. Examination of concurrent validity with a commonly used measure of defensive functioning found significant relationships in the predicted directions. The group of immature defenses had the strongest concurrent validity (r = .50). Finally, correlations with external criteria - including psychological distress and adverse childhood experiences - supported the convergent and discriminant validity of the DMRS-SR-30. The three factor structure of the DMRS-SR-30 has good psychometric properties. Limitations and directions for future research, as well as clinical implications, are described
"Historian of the spirit": an introduction to the life and ideas of Christopher H. Dawson, 1889-1970
No full textWhat follows is an intellectual biography of the English Catholic historian Christopher Henry Dawson (1889-1970). If there is one overarching thesis to this dissertation, it is that Dawson's place within the history of Britain and the United States and within the historical academy in general has been hitherto underappreciated as a result of unfair categorization of his work by critics, and equally unhelpful credulous assessments imd subsequent politicization of his scholarship by overzealous admirers. Even though his perspectives will probably never be completely embraced by the historical academy due to current trends in historiography, it is hoped that this dissertation will demonstrate that Dawson’s scholarship is deserving of study because of the breadth of his intellectual and practical activity in Britain during the twentieth century, and his groundbreaking role in identifying the importance of culture and religious belief to historiography. The introduction includes a review of the most important secondary literature about Dawson that will be used throughout the work. The main text of the dissertation develops chronologically, and is in eight parts, each part representing a distinct phase of Dawson's life. Part Chie (1889-1914) examines the formative years of his childhood, his education, his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church, and how his experiences formed the basis for his opinions about history, religion, and world around him. Part Two (1915-1929) explores the schools of thought that shaped Dawson’s ideas as a young scholar, and the ideas expressed in his first two books. Part Three (1930-1934) represents the most active time of Dawson's career, and the period during which he became a widely read Catholic intellectual and historian of Europe. Part Four (1935-1939) examines Dawson's commentaries on European political movements during the 1930ร. Part Five (1940-1945) discusses Dawson's role as the vice-president of die wartime ecumenical movement 'The Sword of the Spirit', as well as his book written at the height of the Movement's success. Part Six (1946-1952) covers Dawson's ideas from his Gifford Lectures, and his interest in American Catholicism. Part Seven (1953-1962) covers Dawson's vision for American Catholics and education, and his position at Harvard University, which he held from 1958 until a series of strokes forced him to retire, and return to England in 1962. Part Eight (1963-1970) briefly discussed the events of the last years of his life. The conclusion serves as a summary of his contribution and legacy as a major twentieth-century intellectual
Colon (Eurycolon) oblongum Blatchley 1910
No full textColon (Eurycolon) oblongum Blatchley, 1910 NOVA SCOTIA: Cumberland Co.: Wentworth Park, 12.VII.1993, J. and T. Cook, car net, (1, JCC); Westchester-Londonderry Rd., 20.VII.1992, S. and J. Peck, forest, car net, (1, SBP); Queens Co.: Medway River, 13.VII.1993, J. and T. Cook, car net, (6, JCC); Yarmouth Co.: Carleton, Perry Rd., 18.VII.1993, J. and T. Cook, car net, (2, JCC). Colon oblongum was recorded from Nova Scotia by Peck and Stephan 1996) (Fig. 2). It was collected in mixed and deciduous forests and forest edges between January and October (Peck and Stephan 1996).Published as part of Majka, Christopher & Langor, David, 2008, The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography, pp. 357-402 in ZooKeys 2 (2) on page 367, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.56, http://zenodo.org/record/57639
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